Concern about the coronavirus epidemic and the vaccine pose a great risk for mental health. All human beings all over the world were left with a situation they did not know at all. Everyone was talking about what should be done and what should not be done, so our psychologies were inevitably shaken in this sense. When we look at the psychology of the disease, it is not the disease that wears people out, but the consequences of the disease. We can collect these stages under the following headings
1.Shock Stage: It is the first stage that the person goes through when he encounters the disease or someone from his close circle encounters it.
2 .Denial Phase: “This disease cannot happen to me, the tests were mixed, the wrong diagnosis was made.”
3. Anger Phase: This is the phase in which such thoughts occur as to why did this disease happen to me, why do I have such bad people in the world?
4. Bargaining Phase: The person literally thinks like this. It is the phase in which one bargains with the disease and has thoughts such as "I should not be sick again, I will get better if I take my medications regularly."
5. Depression, Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Stage
6. Acceptance Phase
The vaccination process is hopeful for the whole world and is the best protection method that can be done at the moment, but I see that it is a tense and fearful wait for some people. Although people with a fear of needles seem to be rare in our society, this is not the case. Fear of needles is classified as Blood-Injection-Injury type phobia in current mental disorders diagnostic systems. We always hear from those around us that in order to overcome your fears, go over them and confront them, but it is not such a simple issue, on the contrary, it is a deep issue. In order to overcome your fear, you must first become aware of the dysfunctional ideas gradually. While being vaccinated, a biphasic anxiety occurs; during the first seconds of exposure to the feared stimulus, a high physiological activity occurs, that is, psychosomatic symptoms appear: "It hurts so much, I feel nauseous, I feel dizzy, my arm hurts so much..."
If it is not possible to overcome the fear of needles by confronting and addressing it, it is necessary to seek psychological support from a Psychologist or Psychiatrist.
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